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NARRATIVE TEXT

Naaaaa,,,,,, kalo udah ngeliat gambar ini, pasti semua pada tau...!!!
Ini adalah sebuah cerita, atau bisa dibilang dongeng yang berjudul "SNOW WHITE".
Mengapa gambar ini saya pajang dalam materi NARRATTIVE TEXT ???
Itu karena cerita SNOW WHITE merupakan cerita yang menggunakan imajinasi atau khayalan, yang merupakan salah satu ciri NARRATIVE TEXT...

Supaya lebih jelas lagi,,,mari kita pahami bersama apa yang dimaksud dengan Narrative Text beserta struktur-struktur yang ada di dalamnya...!!!

Narrative text is a text that tells about fairy tales, fables, myths, tall tales, and etc. The purpose of narrative text is to amuse the readers with actual or imaginary experiences in difference ways. Narratives always deal with some problems which lead to the climax and then turn into a solution to the problem.


Generic structures of narrative text:
1. Orientation (it sets the scene end introduces the participants. It answers the questions; who, what, when , where)
2. Complication (a crisis or a problem arises followed by other problems. It usually involves the main characters)
3. Resolution (a solution to the problem for better or worse. Main characters find a way to solve the problem)

Other generic structures of narrative text:
1. Evaluation: (optional) a step back to evaluate the plight (the narrator’s viewpoint)
2. Coda: (optional) changes of the characters or lesson /value of the story
3. Re-orientation: (optional)

Languages features:
• The use of nun phrases
(e.g.: a beautiful princess, a huge temple)
• The use of connectives
(e.g.: first, before, that, then, finally)
• The use of adverbial phrases of time and place
(e.g.: in the garden, two days ago)

• The use of the simple past tense
(e.g.: he walked away form the village)
• The use of action verbs
(e.g.: walk, sleep, and wake up)
• The use of saying verbs
(e.g.: say, tell, ask)
• The use of thinking verbs feeling verbs, verbs of senses
(e.g.: she felt hungry, she thought she was clever, she smelt something burning)
• Adjectives that formed noun phrases
(e.g.: long black hair, two red apples)

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